Golf club



Patented June 22,l 1926.

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The invention relates to golf clubs and particularly to putters. l An object of the invention is to provide a putter which will increase the accuracy and precision of putting.

The invention' possesses other derivantel geous features, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the followin specification where I shall outline in full t atform of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the draw ings accompanying and forming part ofthe present s eciication.

In sai drawings:

Figure 1 is a' perspective view of a putter embodying my invention.

-Fi 2 is a plan view of the putter showing t e relative size of its striking face with relation to a golf ball.

Fig. 3 is a front velevation of the putter.

A putter, more than any other golf club, is an instrument of laccuracy and precision, since it is used to roll the ball for short distances only and is moved through a small arcin striking the ball. Putters heretofore have been provided with large striking sur; faces, in many instances, larger than the striking surfaces of drivers and brassies whichv are swung through a large arc in striking the ball. Greater accurac in putting can be attained by the use o a small strlking space on the putter which compels the player to causel the striking face to contact with the ball at substantially the point on the striking face for every stroke. This will insure uniform putting which is conducive to accuracy and precision.

In accordance with my invention I form the head 2 of the putter with a striking face 3 which is not larger in area than the crosssectional area of the standard golf ball. This striking face 3 may be smaller in area than the cross-sectional area of the standard golf ball or it-may be equal in area. The striking face 3 is preferably made circular in form, but that is not essential. Thus the striking face will a pear tothe user as not being greater in Wi th than the diameter of a regular golf ball. The head is preferably rovided with a flat u per surface 4 and a lgat sole 5 and the stri g face preferably 'anoed to secure the desired result.

extends across the front of the head from the up r surfaceto the sole. The sole late is ma e flat so that the head is ca ab e of contactingvwith the und along a ine substantiaxll equal in ength to the width of the he and qarallel to the plane of the striklng .-face. n order to further increase the accuracy 'of putting and to position the striking face 3 at a right an le to the line between the center of the ba and the cup in the prefers. ly converge toward the striking face so that the head of the club is' shaped somewhat in the form of a blunt arrowhead. This enables the player to more accurately position the club and to more accurately )udge the line of swing of the club to put the ball into the cup. In Figure 2, I have shown a golf ball 7 of slightly larger crosssectional area than the area of the striking face 3 disposed in front of the club head. The club head. may be made of Wood or metal and is properly weighted and bal- The handle socket 8 preferably extends at an acute an le from the upper face 4 in the general irection of the lane of the face 3; so that it will not inter ere with the vision of the player in sighting along the line from the ball to the cup, also the positiom ing of the handle socket 8 is such that its axis substantially intersects a line normally to the face 3 and thru the center thereof.

I claim:

1. A putter comprising a head which is wider than the diameter of a regular golf ball and havinga striking face the areaof which is not larger than the cross-sectional area of the regular golf ball and sides converging toward the striking face.

2. A putter com rising a head having a fiat bottom, a striking face not larger in area than the cross-sectional area of the regular golf ball and sides converging'toward said ce.

3. A putter complilsin a head having a fiat bottom, a stri g ace not larger in area than the cross sectional area of the regular golf ball, a fiat back wider than the diameter of the golf ball and sides converging toward said face.

4. A 'putter comprising a head, a striking with the ground along a line substantially face appearing to the user asnot gTeetei' in equal in length to the width of said head width than the diameter of a regular golf and parallel to the plane of the ace. I0 bull, said head being substantially wider In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 5 than the diameter of the golf ball in the my hund.

direction of the pleno of the face und having a bottom surface capable of contacting- RICHARD F. BEAMER. 

